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WASHING MACHINE. No. 323,273. Patented July 28, 1885.

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WASHING MACHINE. I No. 323,273. Patented July 28, 1885.

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lJNiTEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS BUOKNER BLACK, OF MOUNT CARMEL, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,273, dated July 28, 1885. Application filed May as, 1ss4. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS B. BLAOK,a citizen ofthe United States,andaresidentofMount Carmel, in the county of Franklin and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I/Vashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved washing-machine, with the rubber in position'for washing. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the machine, showing the rubber raised out of the suds-box. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the upper end of one of the pivoted legs and of the portion of the side of the suds-box in which the said end fits. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the ribs of the bottom of the suds-box. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the hinged brace and the catch between the lower ends of the pivoted legs; and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the inner side of a port-ion of the suds-box, showing the upper end of one of the pivoted legs, with the bearing-blocks of the trunnions secured thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to rotary reciprocating rubber washing-machines; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the suds-box, the concavo-convex bottom B of which is provided with crossribs 0, having grooves or perforations D at their under sides, for the purpose of allowing a free passage for the water, and which bottom is slightly bulged upward at one side between the lowermost ribs, making the bottom slightly inclined toward the aperture E, through which the suds are emptied out of the box, and which is provided with a removable plug, F.

At one end of the concavo-convex bottom is formed a step, G, upon which a bucket of water may be placed, through which the clothes may be passed before being passed thro h the wringing-machine.

Two outwardly-inclined legs, H, are secured upon the sides of the suds-box, and are provided at their lower ends with bearings for a shaft or axle, I, upon which wheels or rollers J are secured, and the ends of the diverging arms of a brace, K, are hinged upon this axle, while at their forward united ends they have a notch, L, upon their under side. The upper ends of the inclined legs are cutoff to form a vertical edge, which is beveled inward, as shown at M, and the sides of the suds-box are likewise cutoff at the inner edges of the beveled edges of the ends of the legs, as shown at N, for the purpose of making room for the upper ends of the pivoted legs 0, which are pivoted at or about their niiddles upon pins or bolts upon the sides of the suds-box, and have their upper ends out off at one edge, P, corresponding to the vertical edges of the inclined stationary legs, and the said cut-off edges of the pivoted legs are beveled upon the outer side, adapted to fit within the beveled edges of the stationary legs, which are beveled upon their inner sides, the beveled edges thus holding the upper ends of the pivoted legs together inward.

Two blocks, Q, are secured to the upper inner ends, of each ofthe pivot-ed legs 0, and fit into the recessed portion ofthe upper edges of the sides; and said blocks have ways or grooves R,whicl1 slant or curve upward and in an opposite direction to that in which the upper ends of the pivoted legs swing, so that the trunnions S, for which the said blocks form bearings,will be retained in position when the rubber is swung out ofthe suds-box. g

A foot-board or catch-board, U, having beveled edges V, is pivoted transversely at its middle upon a rod, WV, secured between the lower ends of the pivoted legs, and serves to engage the notch in the under side of the brace hinged upon the shaft of the stationary legs.

It will thus be seen that the construction of the bottom of the suds-box inclined toward the outlet-aperture and the grooved or perforated ribs will allow the water or suds free passage out of the suds-box, and it will also be seen that when it is desired to remove the rubber from the suds-box, swinging itout of the same, the foot-board or catch may be tilted, disengaging the notch of the brace, when the upper ends of the pivoted legs may be drawn toward the operator at the end of the machine by drawing the handle of the rubber, which will tilt the legs toward the operator and cause the suds-box and the stationary legs to roll upon its wheels toward the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The combination of the inclined stationary legs, having the edges of their upper ends cut off vertically and inwardly beveled, as described, with the pivoted legs formed with bearings for the rubber at their upper ends, and having the edges of their upper ends cut oil" and outwardly beveled to fit between the beveled edges of the upper ends of the stationary legs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the suds-box having recesses provided with one vertical and one rounded edge out in the upper edges of its sides near their iniddles, the inclined stationary legs having their upper ends out off vertically and inwardly beveled and formed with bearings at their lower ends, the axle provided with the wheels and turning in the bearings in the stationary legs, the brace having the notch in the under side of its free end and the ends of its divergent legs hinged upon the axle, the legs pivoted at or near their iniddles upon the sides of the suds-box and having their upper edges cut off and outwardly beveled, described, the bearings or blocks having grooves curved. at their upper ends, the rubber rocking with its trunnions in the said bearings, and the foot-board or catch pivoted transversely between the lower ends of the pivoted legs, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

F iANClS BUCKNER BLACK.

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